![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Working Together: A Case History in Labor-Management Cooperation - Albert (Eddie) Productions
Union and management cooperate in a Hoboken, N.J. pencil factory.
Keywords: Labor: Negotiations
Downloads: 3,306  (1 review) |  |
| Deadline for Action (Part II) - United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)
How left-wing labor unions engaged in political activism to combat corporate influence on the U.S. Congress in the years following World War II.
Keywords: Labor: Activism; World War II: Postwar issues; Economics
Downloads: 4,139  (2 reviews) |  |
| Deadline for Action (Part I) - United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)
How left-wing labor unions engaged in political activism to combat corporate influence on the U.S. Congress in the years following World War II.
Keywords: Labor: Activism; World War II: Postwar issues; Economics
Downloads: 4,793 (4 reviews) |  |
| How to Study - Coronet Instructional Films
JIM PREPARES A CIVICS REPORT ON LABOR UNIONS. HE USES FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF READING: SCANNING, RAPID READING, CAREFUL SLOW READING & RE-READING. HE ORGANIZES HIS INFORMATION, COLLECTS FURTHER DATA, WRITES HIS REPORT.
Downloads: 1,339 (3 reviews) |  |
| In Our Hands, Part 4: How to Keep What We Have - Wilding Picture Productions
How a limited government and private control over labor, resources and tools can stave off a Communist takeover of the U.S.
Keywords: Cold War; Anti-communism; Free enterprise
Downloads: 4,485 (8 reviews) |  |
| Make Mine Freedom - Sutherland (John) Productions
The end of World War II did not bring peace at home. Nuclear anxiety, anti-Communism and international political realignments fueled the Cold War and turned our country's media landscape into a battleground. In the press, on the radio, and increasingly through the newly emerging medium of television, business and labor struggled for power over the national consciousness. Seeking a prize worth much more than public consent, these opposing forces fought to redefine the economic structure of the na...
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| [San Francisco Longshore Strike] (Part II) - Unknown
Longshoremen close down the Port of San Francisco in the spring of 1934.
Keywords: San Francisco: Labor; Labor: Strikes
Downloads: 1,936 (1 review) |  |
| [San Francisco Longshore Strike] (Part I) - Unknown
Longshoremen close down the Port of San Francisco in the spring of 1934.
Keywords: San Francisco: Labor; Labor: Strikes
Downloads: 2,376 (1 review) |  |
| Behind the Bright Lights - Handy (Jam) Organization
How Chevrolet's giant electric sign in downtown Chicago works.
Keywords: Advertising: Outdoor; Electricity; Chicago
Downloads: 11,008 (4 reviews) |  |
| Seed for Tomorrow - Public Affairs Films, Inc.
Promotes a union of farmers and agricultural workers.
Keywords: Agriculture: Farms and farming; Labor: Union organization; Rural America
Downloads: 3,207 (2 reviews) |  |
| Harvest Of The Years
Shows mass production of Ford cars in an assembly line; the research necessary to carry on the work; materials that go into the making of the Ford.
Keywords: need keyword
Downloads: 5,193 (6 reviews) |  |
| 17 Days: The Story of Newspaper History in the Making - Unknown
How a New York City newspaper delivery drivers' strike in 1945 failed to divert readers' interest in their favorite newspapers. Shows the newspapers of the day and huge lines of people outside newspaper offices waiting to purchase updated editions. In Kodachrome.
Keywords: Media: Newspapers; Labor: Strikes; New York City
Downloads: 23,262 (4 reviews) |  |
| We the People
0580 PA8277 We the People
Downloads: 2,507 (3 reviews) |  |
| How to Keep a Job - Coronet Instructional Films
What you need to do to stay employed: choose the right job, get along with colleagues, maintain positive attitude, etc.
Keywords: Occupations: Vocational training; Social guidance; Teenagers
Downloads: 11,427 (5 reviews) |  |
| Bridging San Francisco Bay - Handy (Jam) Organization
Building the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Keywords: Infrastructure: Bridges; San Francisco: Infrastructure; Occupations: Ironworkers
Downloads: 31,451 (9 reviews) |  |
| Easier Way, The - Handy (Jam) Organization
Presents the case for motion study in the workplace and advises supervisors on how to convince skeptics that it is a good thing.
Keywords: Time and motion study; Gender roles
Downloads: 6,202 (7 reviews) |  |
| In Our Hands, Part 1: How We Got What We Have - Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
How economic progress comes from the accumulation of privately owned tools of production; demonstrates the need for tools by showing a young couple with their infant child in a wilderness with nothing but natural resources and their hands.
Keywords: Cold War; Free enterprise; Anti-communism
Downloads: 10,460 (8 reviews) |  |
| Make Mine Freedom - Sutherland (John) Productions
This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.
Keywords: Cold War; Animation: Advertising; Capitalism
Downloads: 113,207 (35 reviews) |  |
| Liberty - Don Robert Catlin
An interesting salute to the Statue Of Liberty, and America in general.
Keywords: Statue Of Liberty; America: Landmarks
Downloads: 12,836 (14 reviews) |  |
| From Dawn to Sunset (Part I) - Handy (Jam) Organization
This classic example of "capitalist realism" depicts a day in the life of Chevrolet workers in the U.S., while attempting to convince them that their own fortunes were inextricably linked to the fortunes of General Motors.
Keywords: Labor: 1930s; Consumerism; Automobiles: Manufacturing
Downloads: 11,651 (6 reviews) |  |
| Tuesday in November - U.S. Office of War Information
PLEASE NOTE: A vastly improved version of this film made from a 35mm preserved print is available here: http://archive.org/details/Tuesday_in_November Idealized portrayal of 1944 U.S. presidential election, made to show the world that the United States was sufficiently secure to hold a free and fair election during wartime. Shows campaign activities, efforts to ensure the secrecy of the ballot and fairness of the election, and media coverage of the electoral process, all culminating in a giant n...
Keywords: Political campaigns and elections; Citizenship; Media: Radio
Downloads: 19,656 (10 reviews) |  |
| What About Prejudice? - Centron Corporation
Pioneering film that encourages youth to look into themselves for the causes of prejudice.
Keywords: Racism; Prejudice; Schools
Downloads: 9,631 (4 reviews) |  |
| From Dawn to Sunset (Part III) - Handy (Jam) Organization
This classic example of "capitalist realism" depicts a day in the life of Chevrolet workers in the U.S., while attempting to convince them that their own fortunes were inextricably linked to the fortunes of General Motors.
Keywords: Labor: 1930s; Consumerism; Automobiles: Manufacturing
Downloads: 6,838 (2 reviews) |  |
| From Dawn to Sunset (Part II) - Handy (Jam) Organization
This classic example of "capitalist realism" depicts a day in the life of Chevrolet workers in the U.S., while attempting to convince them that their own fortunes were inextricably linked to the fortunes of General Motors.
Keywords: Labor: 1930s; Consumerism; Automobiles: Manufacturing
Downloads: 10,917 (2 reviews) |  |
| More Dangerous Than Dynamite
Warns housewives about the effects of cleaning clothes with Gasoline.
Downloads: 40,074 (25 reviews) |  |
| In the Suburbs - On Film, Inc.
Thoughtfully made advertising sales promo film extolling 1950s suburbanites as citizens and consumers.
Keywords: Suburbia; Cold War; Consumerism
Downloads: 69,181 (22 reviews) |  |
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